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Busking in Quay street

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  • 09-06-2009 11:27pm
    #1
    This is
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    Anyone know whether a permit is needed or is it first in kinda thing?!

    Cheers :)


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    inisboffin
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    There's an audition process that happens one Friday a month at the Blue Note in front of Boardsies..:p

    Nope, seriously, no permit required. Respect for volume and other buskers. People seem to rotate 'pitch' and it's not polite (and probably not as lucrative) to plonk next to someone already there. Also it helps a bit if you are good;)


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    gary82
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    No permit required. Not sure if there is a law about it but it's definately not enforced.

    Only thing though, if you start busking with an amplifier, I'll be coming after you with a big stick! :mad: ;)


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
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    gary82 wrote: »
    I'll be coming after you with a big stick! :mad: ;)

    Didgeridoo player eh?


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    gary82
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    pflaumer.jpg


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    SalthillGuy
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    gary82 wrote: »
    No permit required. Not sure if there is a law about it but it's definately not enforced.

    Only thing though, if you start busking with an amplifier, I'll be coming after you with a big stick! :mad: ;)

    My understanding is that there is a permit required, but given the holiday atmosphere / tourist on that street, it is not enforced.
    Some of the are actually very entertaining.


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    biko
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    Ask the next busker you see :)


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    inisboffin
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    I asked two. No permit required. They tried it a few years ago and it failed.

    I think the amp thing is a survival technique for some year round buskers.
    Come summer, they haven't a hope in hell to be heard when (some) of the out of towners come in with huge 'spectacle' busking and huge amps.

    Unfortunately not all instruments suit an amp. Most of the buskers I know seem to respect each other in terms of a spot and noise (with one or two a-hole notable exceptions who care not!)


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    Seaneh
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    Buskers with Amps WRECK my head.


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    inisboffin
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    Ya well that's pretty much 90% of 'em for the summer!:rolleyes:

    Some do my head in too..there's a big diff between someone amped,singing with 'acoustic' guitar / playing flamenco, to 5 lads and a djembe turned up to '11' playing smoke on the water on repeat!:p


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    muppetkiller
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    As long as you don't have a bongo drum you're welcome ...god dam hippies.


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    leninbenjamin
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    no permit required.

    Just mind the asshole buskers who will set up beside you if you're doing well and try to drown you out. Most though are grand, and will follow the unwritten rules.

    And do try and have a large repertoire of stuff. It really pisses of those who work nearby to hear the same 3 or 4 songs over and over again.


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    JJRocket
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    There will be a lot more buskers on the street for Arts Fest, so may be hard to get a good spot. Looking forward to seeing Plink Plonk man outside Murphys if he decides to pay a visit! Tough Competition for u!:D


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    Euro_Kraut
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    JJRocket wrote: »
    Looking forward to seeing Plink Plonk man outside Murphys if he decides to pay a visit!

    There's one guys who needs no amp.


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    bigeasyeah
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    JJRocket wrote: »
    ....Looking forward to seeing Plink Plonk man outside Murphys if he decides to pay a visit! Tough Competition for u!:D

    He annoys me


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    Legally.. you do. But the Gardai never enforce it. As long as you're not making a scene/blocking the flow of traffic there's no problem

    A guard told us so


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    inisboffin
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Legally.. you do. But the Gardai never enforce it. As long as you're not making a scene/blocking the flow of traffic there's no problem

    A guard told us so

    That guard was - ahem - misinformed. I have heard of guards randomly saying this. My friend went in to Mill St to get a final clarification a few years ago because of a certain guard. They referred him to the City Council who are the folks who 'police' any permits. The pilot scheme years ago (which never happened) was to counteract the influx of folks from a certain close-by country who, when challenged about begging, would claim they were busking.

    Anyway. You can ring City Council to check. You do not need a permit to busk.

    Where they may get you is a noise ordinance infringement if you busk later at night.


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    siltirocker
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Legally.. you do. But the Gardai never enforce it. As long as you're not making a scene/blocking the flow of traffic there's no problem

    A guard told us so

    Sure on Thursday night i was outside Eason's and two guards strolled up, stopped me, , ,and demanded, , , ,, and i mean DEMANDED, , , , ,that i play some Pearl Jam.:D

    Pissed me'hole laughing.


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    toxick
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    friend was woundering about a permit, so we went to the city council. There is no such thing as a busking permit, but guards can tell you to move on.


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    SalthillGuy
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    JJRocket wrote: »
    There will be a lot more buskers on the street for Arts Fest, so may be hard to get a good spot. Looking forward to seeing Plink Plonk man outside Murphys if he decides to pay a visit! Tough Competition for u!:D
    Those are brilliant provided they are not too loud. The loud one should be banned and invite the traditional ones encouraged / supported more.


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    plinkplonk
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    JJRocket wrote: »
    There will be a lot more buskers on the street for Arts Fest, so may be hard to get a good spot. Looking forward to seeing Plink Plonk man outside Murphys if he decides to pay a visit! Tough Competition for u!:D


    I'll be there, the dog's had pups.


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    Bobeagleburger
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    plinkplonk wrote: »
    I'll be there, the dog's had pups.

    :confused:


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    biko
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    rarnes1, he has cardboard cut-outs of a guitar and a dog.
    The plink plonk man has found boards!


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    inisboffin
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    Hmm, it could be a plink plonk cover band..:p


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    galwaybabe
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    Or Plink and the Plonkettes.


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    inisboffin
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    galwaybabe wrote: »
    Or Plink and the Plonkettes.

    ..

    once it's not Plink and the Plonkers..nothing like bad techno;)


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    Bobeagleburger
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    Magnus wrote: »
    rarnes1, he has cardboard cut-outs of a guitar and a dog.
    The plink plonk man has found boards!

    Gotcha :cool:


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    Spiritoftheseventies
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    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Gotcha :cool:
    is your man still singing falling slowly on Grafton Street


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    honerbright
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    god I love that plink plonk man


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    McTigs
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    there really ought to be some kind of quality control brought in imo

    some of the utter gash that passes for busking in town these days is really quite shocking

    that guy with the ponytail and the voilin who does the bendy thing with his legs when he's playing for instance


    and do not get me started on the panpipe guys!


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